cmsix John and Argent by cmsix Chapter 18 While the light was still good I eased Ben into a slow lope. We knew this route pretty well already and I didn't think we would find any ugly surprises. I found a nice surprise though. The last time I'd let him run there had been too much on my mind for me to pay attention to how Ben was doing. I saw now that this pace was no strain on him at all. He ate up the distance and wasn't even breathing very hard. I eased him back into a trot a couple of times just in case but we were at the old camp with thirty minutes of daylight left. Hearing Ben trotting up the two men came out of the dwelling. They were slightly surprised to see a man on horse back even though I'm sure that Bigglieo had told them about it and I knew that they had seen the horses with the wagon. I guess it was still new to them. I dismounted and walked toward them. "I am John. I am the leader of the people that did live in this camp," I told them. "My name is Maldo and he is Bordo," one of them said. "Bigglieo said that you were thinking of moving to this camp." "Yes we are. In truth we had come to ask Gigo if we could join this camp. Did Bigglieo tell you of our troubles?" Maldo asked. "He did. I came here to catch you before you left. We would like for you to join us at our new camp. The hunting will be better and there is plenty of room for all of you in the caves. They are large caves," I said. "Bigglieo told us. We do not really have a new leader yet so neither of us can say that we will come. I think that all will want to though. Caves are very good for the winters and if the hunting is better it will be good. We were just starting to get meat to dry when our three men were killed. We do not have much meat yet," Bordo said. "You do not need to worry about meat. We will have plenty and with the frozen cave we do not even have to dry it. We will be glad to have help with the skinning and cleaning." "We will go back tomorrow and tell the others. I am sure that we will be coming to your new camp. If we do not we will be hungry before the winter is over," Maldo told me. "You saw how much the wagon could carry didn't you?" "Yes and it was a surprise," Bordo said. "How many wagon trips do you think it will take to bring all your things?" "It will take at least two trips but we can leave some things that are not so important," Maldo said. "You do not need to leave things that you want to bring. That is what the wagon is for, carrying things. I can also send horses with the travois to carry things. If you want to join us you need only send one man to tell us. He can ride back to your camp with the wagon. We will bring everything you want no matter how many trips it takes." "That is good of you. We did not expect such good treatment," Bordo told me. "I am a fair man and like to help others. My main fault is that I gather too many mates and I am jealous of them all. I like to have many mates though." "If you need more mates you might find some in our group. Three of the mated women have lost their men and there is one more unmated woman. There are also three girls who are very near womanhood. None of the boys are very old either," Maldo said. "I like mates but have ten already. If any of your men want another mate they should take one." "We will have enough trouble feeding the mates that we have," Bordo said. "You do not have to worry about that. No one will go hungry at my camp. The women will be fed anyway and so why shouldn't you take one for a mate if you want one. I am going to encourage all the men in my camp to have at least two mates. You do not have to if you don't want to and I think that you should talk to your current mate before you take another, but feeding them should not concern you if you join my camp." "How can you feed so many?" Maldo asked. "You will not learn that unless you join my camp. If you do you will see that the hardest job will be skinning and cleaning. The last time I hunted bison I stopped at fifteen kills because more would have been too much work at once. We have the frozen cave now though and won't be bothered drying the meat." "We don't want to doubt you but we have never heard of such things. No matter what the others do I am coming to join you. I have to do it so I can know how you kill so many bison," Bordo said. "I will be coming too. I do not know how you do it either but Bigglieo told me of the fifteen bison in only a few minutes of hunting, and I have known him most of my life. I will be bringing my mate and I might take one of the unmated ones too if my mate agrees and the woman will have me. I don't want to be hungry this winter or any winter," Maldo added. "Good. If there are some that do not want to come that is there business, but bring any that will come. We will feed them all if they will do some work." "We will bring all that will come," Maldo said. "Then I will send Bigglieo and some others with the wagon and extra horses tomorrow. There is no need to send a man back to tell us. If you two are coming anyway we will just get started moving your things." They agreed that it was a plan. Ben didn't seem tired so I decided to head back home. It was dark already but there was a full moon and I had brought the night goggles anyway. When Ben figured out that we were going home he wanted to run again. I wasn't going to try that at night but I did let him trot. My return tonight would be a surprise and I was counting on it. I would be able to see if all my chicks were roosting where they belonged and make sure no one was sniffing around them. I doubted that any man would be foolish enough to sneak into my cave. There was no way he would be able to talk all the women into a secret like that. One might try to slip off with one woman though. Woe be unto him if he succeeded or if I even found out that someone tried. Ben wasn't nearly as tired as I was by the time we got home. I approached slowly and used the night vision goggles to check ahead carefully. Was I paranoid? Maybe I was but I knew already that Geera and Dieta hadn't been above sneaking a little side action when they were with their former mates. Of course it seemed that Gigo and Dergo had been fully aware of it, more or less, since they facilitated it by getting drunk. I didn't see anyone outside at all. I put Ben in the horse's cave quietly. Prince, King, and Rover knew who I was long before I got there and didn't make any noise about my arrival. "Honeys, I'm home." I said loudly, as I walked into my cave. They gasp at first and when I turned up the light I could see that something was going on. Jaada was upset and had been crying. I went to the bed before they could all get out and asked what the matter was. "I am scared John. Something happened and I'm afraid you will be angry with me," Jaada told me at once. "You will have to tell me so I will know whether to be angry or not." "Nadlo wanted me to slip off into the night with him. I told him no but he kept pestering me to do it. I had to run away from him at last," Jaada said, and looked like she was about to cry again. "You did nothing wrong Jaada, you did just right. I know that some men let their mates slip off sometimes but I am not one of them. If you had gone off with Nadlo and I found out about it I would have been very cross with you and I would have killed him. I do not share my mates with anyone and I want you all to understand that. If you want to leave me you can, but I do not want you sneaking around with other men," I said, to all of them. "We all knew that already. Geera told us that you let her know it," Dieta said. "Where could we find another man like you anyway? You are the only man I have ever been with but if there was another that could do what you can we would all have heard about it long ago," Gema said. I had to bite my tongue to keep from smiling. As it was I know both my head and chest swelled. I had something to do though and it wasn't going to be pleasant. Nadlo was one of the unmated young men and like Jonoco he had become a man since I showed myself to this camp. I wasn't especially mad about his stunt since no real damage had been done and since such things were probably normal before I came. I didn't even see how a little swapping could be destructive as long as it didn't involve someone sniffing around my mates. I told the women that I would be back later and went to find him. The unmated men had set up residence among themselves in one of the smaller caves. I walked into it unannounced and ask loudly for Nadlo. He got up from his bed quickly and I knew that he probably hadn't been asleep. When he came up to me I told him to dress since we needed to go outside for a talk. He went back to his bedding and did. We walked up canyon for a few dozen yards and then I turned to him. "Nadlo, I am not going to kill you for what you did because you probably didn't think it was of very much importance. It is important to me. I don't know or care what others have done but I will tell you what I will do if it happens again. I will kill you. I understand what you want and I know that it is difficult not to have it. All my women know that I will not tolerate their being with another man and if you try it again they will tell me. If you had been successful tonight I wouldn't be talking to you. I would have killed you in your bed. "Tell all the others what I have said. I will not be lenient again. I also think that you should find your own mate soon. Don't you like any of the unmated women?" I asked him. "I do, and she likes me too, but I can't pay for a mate yet." He said. "I will pay for her then and you can pay me back later. You will be much better off with your own mate instead of sneaking around with the mates of others. Talk to Geera and Dieta and they will talk to the other women. If the girl will have you there is nothing standing in your way. Do it tomorrow," I told him, and turned back to my cave. When I got back I was silent until I was undressed and cuddled up against my women. Jaada was next to me on one side and still looking bewildered. "Jaada, I'm afraid that your suitor will not be flirting with you anymore. I had a talk with him and told him to get his own mate," I told her. I could almost feel the tension leaving all of them. Now that they knew that I had not killed the boy, I sensed that they were relieved. "You know that you saved his life tonight don't you?" "I guess I did but I didn't do it for him. He is nice enough but you are my mate. You are all I wanted anyway and when Geera told us how you felt I was glad. I don't want any other men John. Even though you have many mates I know that you will not let us go lacking," Jaada said. "I am afraid I will have to let you go lacking tonight since I am very tired. I will try to make it up to all of you as soon as I can," I said. I took the time to give them all a goodnight kiss then and settled down to snuggle up to Jaada's cute backside, laying an arm over her and claiming a handful of freckled titty. Waaya pushed herself up behind me and reached over me for a grip on my dick. I was beginning to think that none of them wanted me to ever get to sleep with a soft dick. Sure enough when Waaya had me hard it only took her a second to signal for Jaada to make room for my boner between her legs. Jaada was noticeably wet and when dicky lay along her lips he began to throb. I decided that I could play this game too so I cocked my hips a little and released Jaada's titty long enough to guide him into her slick warmth. I retook the titty then and just pressed my dick up her as far as I could get it. I intended to see if I could go to sleep that way. Even though Jaada began showing me that she had marvelous muscle control in her sheath, I was able to drift off. I probably slept about three hours. I woke and could tell that my dick was still up in Jaada though her internal squeezing had stopped. She was asleep now. She was still wet though. I gave her a tentative stroke and was sure that it felt like I was farther up in her than I had been when I went to sleep. I gave her a longer stroke and knew that Argent had been working on me in my sleep. My dick was longer. By now it didn't worry me at all. I started to gently fuck my little Jaada and began playing with the titty and nipple that I had in my hand. Jaada stirred a little and then woke. When she realized what I was doing she began pushing back to me. She was right in rhythm in a minute or two and the nipple I'd been teasing had swelled. "Oh John. You woke up, I'm glad you did. That feels good John. Oh you are so long in me. Oh," she mumbled. The wiggling must have roused Waaya too since she began kissing the back of my neck and running a hand over my side while she pressed her titties into my back. Shortly she wiggled the hand between my legs and began teasing my taint just behind my balls. I doubt that she knew she was rubbing my prostate but she was and it was getting damn good. I upped the tempo and Jaada started squeezing me with her insides again so I turned loose her titty and after wetting my fingers in her fuck oil I started in on her clit. She noticed at once and was soon moaning out my name in time with my pushes. When she began trembling I pushed it all the way home and held her to me as my come pumped slowly but strongly into her while she groaned out her completion. Jaada went limp and a few seconds later I did too. Waaya wasn't through though. She began kissing all over my neck and ear and she nibbled on the lobe as she reached her hand over to fondle my balls. She pulled my wet and shrinking dick out of Jaada's pussy and began working on it too. She did a damned good job and in less than ten minutes it was growing again. I wanted to roll toward her but stayed where I was until she had me hard again. Then I turned over and kissed her as my hands took over her titties. I had her nipples hard soon and slipped a hand down to push a finger up into her pussy. It was warm and wet now too and as she nipped at my finger with it I thought to myself that I had another good fuck coming tonight. When Waaya started panting I pushed her over onto her back and crawled between her lovely strong thighs. She reached for my dick quickly and placed the head into her. As I pushed it up her I marveled myself at how long it seemed now. Waaya was quick to mention it. "John, oh I didn't know it was so long John. It is filling me all up and I love it," she told me, as she rocked her pelvis up to take it all. "I think that it is still growing," I said, giving a good thrust. "It feels so big and so good. I am shaking already," she said. She was. She felt like she was trembling all over. I guess all the goings on had her really hot because she locked her legs around my hips and started banging up to me in double time. I couldn't hope to match her pace so I just pushed into her and held on. She fucked herself out on me in a minute or two and was spent. Her legs and arms dropped limply off me as I rooted into her another time or two for luck. I hadn't gone off again and as I glanced over at Winna I thought of the solution for that problem. Winna had her legs wide as soon as she saw that I was on my way to her. She placed my dick when it came within her reach and as I slid it up her I found her wet and hot. Winna was tighter than I expected and while none of them were anything but tight it was still noticeable. She was also active. Her ass was humping back at me and her insides were milking me strongly. She wrapped her arms around my neck to kiss me and when I pushed my tongue into her mouth she sucked it avidly while using her tongue to play with the tip. As she put her legs around my pumping ass and squeezed it I couldn't help but wonder just how fine she could tickle my dickhead with that active tongue. I knew that I would be done for in a few minutes but hoped I could last to get Winna off. Just then she threw her head back and moaned. "Oh John I can't believe how good it is. Ohhhh!" She howled as she got what she needed. I got what I needed then too and felt like I was shooting off a cannon inside her. When I'd finished pushing into Winna's pussy I was spent and sagged down onto her as she tried to hug me. I felt hands pulling on my shoulders then and realized that someone was rolling me off Winna. I looked up when I was on my back and Dalia was bending over me and then kissing my lips sweetly. "Just rest now John. I will clean you up and you can sleep some more. I will be waiting for you later with things on my mind though," she whispered to me, and then she trailed kisses down my torso until she reached my spent dick. Dalia engulfed my shrunken dick and began licking and sucking at the mess down there. It felt great in another way. It wasn't so arousing but it was such a wonderful way to drift back off to sleep. It was daylight when I woke again. All the women except Dalia were already up and dressed. Dalia was cuddled up to me and when I opened my eyes she was looking at me. She smiled as I woke. "I have been waiting for you John. You have had us all now except me and I am waiting for my turn," Dalia told me, as her hand began playing with my dick. "I am nearly ready for your turn too Dalia," I told her, taking hold of a big titty. She moved slightly away from me then and down to take my dick back into her mouth. She caressed the head with her tongue and then gave me some gentle suction. It was a rush for me as I felt the blood flowing into my dick and it began to rise. When it began climbing she took her mouth off it and began licking my balls, giving them wide swipes with her flattened tongue. She sucked one into her mouth for a little then she let it out and sucked in the other one. I was fully hard after only a few seconds of this. "I see how to make you ready quickly now. I don't know if I will tell the others or not," she said, teasing. I pulled her back up to me and kissed her as I slid my hand into her bush seeking her pussy. It was wet when I found it and I was sure as hell ready. I pushed her to the bed and she spread her long legs in welcome, and as I got between them her hand was right there to guide me to her. "John, I think you have grown. It feels longer than it looked and it already looked long," she said. I pressed my lips to hers then and as she put me in her place I pushed it in firmly. She hugged me tighter then and her legs went around me at once. "It is grand John. It feels so good in me. Do it to me hard John. I like it hard," she said. Dalia had said the magic words. I liked to get down to it and she seemed ready for it as I gave her a good hard shove. "Yes, that's it John. That's how I like it. What did Geera tell me? I know. Fuck me John. Fuck me. Fuck me hard and fuck me fast John. Fuck me," she said. I did. Dalia was the biggest of them and if anybody could take it she could. I trusted that she would tell me if I got too rough and I just started banging her box. She seemed to eat it up. "Oh yes John, yes. That's the way I like it. Fuck me harder John, and faster, please!" she moaned. I did my best to help her out. Soon I was plowing it to her at full strength. She pulled my head down so she could whisper in my ear. "That's what I like John. I like for you to fuck me hard. I love it. I'm your woman now John and you can fuck me as hard as you want to. I can take it John, so fuck me harder," she whispered. I was going nuts by now. This was the first time I had ever just reared back and pounded a woman as hard as I could. She was with the program too as she crushed my hips to her with her strong legs and squeezed me tightly in her arms. Her ass was hammering back at me and she gave as well as she was getting. All good things must come to and end and I knew that I was a short timer at this. She was shorter though and suddenly she just craned her neck back and wailed. It set me off and I did some grunting and groaning of my own for a while before I just slumped down on her. She got her wind back before I did, rolled me to my back and proceeded to clean up the mess. That was an experience in itself, but I was a little too winded to fully enjoy it. When she was through she lie back beside me and put her arms around me. "That was wonderful John. I am so happy to be one of your mates. Geera told me that she would make your coffee this morning and so when you are ready I'm sure it will be waiting for you," she told me, then she kissed me again before she got up. I was up just a few minutes later, dressing and heading out to find a bush to water. As always in the morning I began thinking about my new bathroom. No time to worry about it today though. I went back into the cave for my coffee and breakfast and while I was eating I saw that the women were all getting ready to go gathering. They said their good byes and left before I'd finished. I found Bigglieo and told him what was up with the others. He knew exactly where their camp was and felt confident that he could get the wagon and other horses there. I explained that we needed to try and get a couple more horses a little travois training first and he agreed to go find Jonoco, Galto, and Danlo to help. It took about three hours to make two more travois and teach Jolly, Bonehead, and another mare, Nelda, how to behave with them. Bigglieo harnessed the wagon then while Galto went to get his mate to pack them some traveling food. In another hour they were well on their way. It would be easy getting there but it might be a little trouble heading back with three green travois horses in use. I'd kept Ben here in case I wanted him. Picking must have been good for the women because they had already been back to unload things twice. Maia had stayed on the last trip and fixed me a meal. I asked her if the other women didn't want to eat and she told me that when gathering they usually ate some of what they were taking. That made perfect sense. I was slightly at loose ends for the moment and decided that now was as good a time as any to start on the bathroom, excuse me, bathing facility. I went to my computer and sat down, firing it up. It was easier than I thought once I got started. At first I thought that I would ask for enough tubs for each of us to have one, but then decided on one single seater, one that would hold four, another that would accommodate ten and a giant one that would handle twenty or so. I didn't have to draw them out so I just specified the size and style for them with text explanations. All were to have Jacuzzi style pumps and air injection for plenty of bubbles, asking for heated air in the process so it wouldn't cool the water off. I also specified that they all be able to handle soap or shampoo if we wanted. I'd already seen all I wanted to of the hotel tubs that warned you not to put such in the water. I settled for four crappers with privacy cubicles and a urinal right out in the open for me. I cheerfully noted that the toilet paper dispenser should be large enough to hold plenty of ass ribbon to last until they could refill them and specified that the paper should be hidden so only the next sheet would be visible and appear to be coming out of the wall. After I laid out a twenty-five foot vanity with ten sinks in it and one sheet mirror running its entire length and got no complaints from Argent and company, I sprung for a three occupant shower, a six occupant size and a giant communal shower with dozens of heads that would hold all of us and more. Still no balking from above. I'd once been in a hotel that claimed to have a hot tub and when I went to it I found what amounted to a tiny swimming pool about twenty-five feet by twelve feet and whose depth went from four feet to six and a half feet. I decided that the size was about right but figured five feet was deep enough on the deep end and four and a half would be shallow enough on the other. I was getting close to being stumped by now but I threw in four bidets in privacy cubicles and thinking about towels and wash cloths I added plenty of those, a big closet to keep them in, and two washers and dryers to keep them clean along with a years worth of detergent, softener, soap, shampoo, conditioner, tooth paste, shaving cream, razors, combs and brushes of all descriptions that I could recall. Still getting no complaints from my handlers made me decide to go hawg wild. I added specifications that called for everything to be done in marble with gold, not gold plated, faucets and fixtures. I noted that the lighting was to be at their discretion but that I expected a professional job of it. When they still didn't squeal I added a large sauna and then a full steam room. Finally I got a message on the screen that told me I had vastly exceeded what they were planning. It wasn't from Argent but from someone else who was manning the link. I typed back asking why I hadn't been notified before I proceeded so far past their expectations. The response was that he had been attending to something else and hadn't noticed that I was working on the bathing facility, seeming to convey that he had more important things to do than watch me. I thought about it for a second and got a little pissed. I hadn't been expecting to get anything like what I had been asking for in the first place, but after it just kept going by with no complaint I started getting into it. I sent him a message that said he could just forget the whole thing if that was the best that he could pay attention to what was going on. After all, I hadn't used the computer in days, and since I knew that they were watching me most of the time I figured that he had just been assing off and it put a bur under my saddle. I never claimed that I didn't have a temper. I promptly sent the message and turned the computer off before I got a response. Going to the horse cave I saddled Ben then took off up the main canyon to do a little exploring. I hadn't gone half a mile before I spotted what I took to be a passage to the upper plateau. I smiled to myself when I noted that it was plenty wide for the wagon so far as I could see. I started to head up it for a look and remembered I didn't have the rifle with me so I turned back toward my cave. Entering, I saw the computer's screen flashing brightly on and then off. I knew at once that it was a signal to me and it seemed that someone wanted to talk to me urgently. Well the fucker should have been paying attention earlier. I had something I was tending to now and I decided not to notice the incessant flashing. I got the M1 and left again. When Ben and I topped out on the plateau I saw a mass of bison not a mile from me. It was easily twice as many as I'd seen in the herd that I had hunted before. I watched them with the glasses for a while and then scanned other areas that I could see from here. I also spotted several aurochs in a few little groups off in the far distance and I saw several small herds of horses. One group in particular seemed interesting; as they appeared to be slightly larger than those I had in my possession. It was also the largest group. Knowing that I didn't really want to get anything today I turned back down the slope and descended to the canyon floor. We were less than a half-mile from more meat than we could ever eat and more horses than we could ride. The meat was there for the taking and I was pretty sure that I could haze the horses along and down the slope from Ben's back with just a little help from my camp mates. There would be plenty of time for that after Bigglieo was through moving our new friends though. I went on up canyon for a couple of miles, seeing several smaller deer and quite a few megaceros. I also saw many more berry brambles and quite a few other plants that looked edible to me. Course I thought everything might be good to eat. I came into a wider part of the canyon and saw a few more bands of horses scattered around. There were also a couple of groups of onagers. I saw several hyenas slinking about from a distance and even a pack of wolves that seemed to be trying to close in on a small band of horses. There was probably an old one with them or else one that was injured. I turned around then and headed back. When I'd released Ben to graze with the others I walked back to my cave. My mates were all there, through gathering for the day, and as I entered Waaya came up to me and pointed out the computer's flashing flat panel. She didn't know what it was and had probably never noticed it before, but no one could help noticing the flashing. I relented and went to sit down at it. I had a message from Argent asking me to respond. "I'm here Argent." I sent. "John, I want to apologize for your earlier inconvenience. The person that should have been monitoring your work will be disciplined, I assure you," he sent me. "That is your decision Argent." "I'm afraid that you did exceed our expectations with the bathing facility John," he sent. "When I didn't get any response I kept adding things I would like to have. Was he going to wait until I had called for an apartment building? I am a little busy down here just now Argent. We are expecting more members for our group and there are things that I need to do here. It is disappointing to spend time working on things and then be told that it was all wasted," I sent. I was afraid that I might be getting a little snotty with Argent but on the whole I was still pissed. I decided that it hadn't hurt to let him know what was on my mind. "I can only apologize and ask you to try again on the bathing facility," Argent sent me back. Fuck it. They'd let me get my hopes up and now wanted to have me start over. Damned if I would. They must want the bathroom for some of their own reasons, whatever they were. I still remembered how to shit in the bushes so they could just fuck themselves. I wasn't going to tell them that but I wasn't going to lay out another bathroom either. "I have designed my bathing facility Argent. If you don't want to create it that is your choice. The people down here are not very persnickety about bodily odors and I'm getting immune to them myself. I will just keep doing as I have been. We have water inside now at least and that will have to be good enough," I sent him. "I am sorry you feel that way John. I will discuss it with my superiors," Argent sent, and then the message pad went blank. I guess I'd fucked up but I didn't really care. I was on borrowed time when they found me anyway. I tried to rationalize my behavior for about twenty more minutes and finally decided that I had just let something small get to me. The thing was that I knew that it hadn't been my fault. I had done what they wanted and someone on their end had fucked up. Fuck it all anyway. I went to see if one of my mates could be persuaded to cook something. They were already cooking. As I ate the delicious stew, which contained some of the things that they had picked today, I began to regret my little tantrum with Argent. It probably wasn't his fault after all, and it hadn't really been any skin off my ass to spec out the bathroom. I had just been excited when I'd thought they were going to give me everything I could think of. When we retired for the night I hid the sausage with all the mates I hadn't hid it with last night except Geera. She told me she was still a little sore. I wasn't sure whether she meant it or not, so since I had just blasted Dieta a good one I lay down to see about sleeping. When I did Dieta told me not to take that crap off Geera and said that she was just trying to deny me for no reason. I knew that meant that Geera wanted a turn too but intended to be held down. "I should have known better. Dalia, you and Dieta must hold her down so I can take what is mine," I told them. Geera started whining right away but now I could tell that she didn't mean it. She had probably been fucking with my head out in the pines when she'd first told me she might be sore. When Dieta and Dalia had her pinned to the mattress I climbed on her and started sucking and gnawing on her already hard nipples while she wormed and squirmed and acted like she wanted to get away. By the time I got my dick into her she was soaking wet and her pussy nipped at me like it wanted to chew me up. I did restrain myself a little from the treatment I'd given her in the woods but I still pumped her up pretty good. When I came it was in buckets and as I lay down on her she was kissing all over my face and neck and telling me how good I was to her. She stroked and caressed my back and ass and kept whispering in my ear. I was comfortable where I was so I just settled down to suck on a nipple and fell asleep. Chapter 19 Back to story Index Back to cmsix Index Blog eMail cmsix I claim copyright on everything from here on in, inclusive - cmsix